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Report looks at US SR manufacturing business
Added: 7 Mar 2008
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Dublin, Ireland -- A 56-page report titled "Resin and Synthetic Rubber Manufac…

Kumho wins prestigious Mercedes OE contract
Added: 7 Mar 2008
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Birmingham, UK -- Kumho Tyres has announced that it is to supply tyres for OE …

Short report on replacement car and van tyres in Europe
Added: 7 Mar 2008
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Dublin, Ireland - Information broker Research & Markets is selling a report on…

Michelin US buys special flow meter
Added: 7 Mar 2008
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Buckingham, UK -- A UK-based engineering company has sold a landmark flow mete…

Fenner Precision buys New York-based wheel, pulley maker
Added: 7 Mar 2008
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Manheim, Pennsylvania -- Fenner Precision finalised the acquisition of Winfiel…

Klüber Lubrication and Chem-Trend open joint plant in China
Added: 7 Mar 2008
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Qingpu, China -- Freudenberg Group has opened a new plant on Thursday in Qingp…

News from elsewhere on the web 07/March/08
Added: 7 Mar 2008
(14 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Ageing of Elastomers, next week at IOM HQ
Added: 6 Mar 2008
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London, UK -- UK readers are reminded that the Rubber in Engineering Committee…

Final call for UK 'Time Dependent Behaviour of Rubber' papers
Added: 6 Mar 2008
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London -- Organisers of the one day conference, organised by the Rubber in Eng…

Trelleborg Sealing Systems opens new factory in Tewkesbury
Added: 6 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tewkesbury, UK -- Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has relocated seal manufacture …

French company organises 2-day event on technical rubber
Added: 6 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Argenteuil, France -- French silicne rubber processor, company Chevalier- Clé…

News from elsewhere on the web 06/March/08
Added: 6 Mar 2008
(12 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

BFS opens first phase of rubber wood facility
Added: 6 Mar 2008
HARBEL, Liberia (March 5, 2008) -- Firestone Natural Rubber Co. LLC, a subsidiary of Bridgestone/Fi…

Conti raises OE shares in Europe, N. America
Added: 6 Mar 2008
Geneva, Switzerland -- Continental AG raised its original equipment presence last year in Europe an…

Albemarle boosts antioxidant production
Added: 6 Mar 2008
Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- Albemarle Corp. plans to double the antioxidant production capacity of Sh…

DuPont Performance Elastomers finally closes Louisville Neoprene plant
Added: 5 Mar 2008
Louisville, Kentucky -- DuPont Performance Elastomers LLC
has closed its polychloroprene plant in Lo…

Smithers opens office in Shanghai
Added: 5 Mar 2008
Akron, Ohio -- The Smithers Group has opened an office in Shanghai, China. This office will enable …

Crunch time for Goodyear-Dunlop's factories in Amiens
Added: 5 Mar 2008
Geneva, Switzerland -- Art de Bok, head of Goodyear's European operations has said the company want…

Sketchbook from Geneva - the Amtel crisis
Added: 4 Mar 2008
By David Shaw, ERJ editor
Unlike previous years, there was no dominant tyre story from Geneva Auto s…

Geneva Salon opens
Added: 4 Mar 2008
Geneva, Switzerland -- Visitors to the Geneva motor show looking for tyre companies will have to lo…